CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-20057
8.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-04-04
- Last modified
- 2026-07-21
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 8.5 HIGH — CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-428
Description
NETGATE Registry Cleaner build 16.0.205 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the NGRegClnSrv service that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by exploiting the service binary path. Attackers can place a malicious executable in the unquoted path and trigger service restart or system reboot to execute code with LocalSystem privileges.
Affected configurations
• netgate registry cleaner (<= 16.0.205)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-428 Unquoted Search Path or Element weakness
References
- http://www.netgate.sk/ Product
- http://www.netgate.sk/download/download.php?id=4 Product
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40539 Exploit, VDB Entry
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netgate-registry-cleaner-build-unquoted-service-path-privilege-escalation Third Party Advisory